The current state of renewable energy in South Africa, the case of city of Johannesburg

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Abstract

The City of Johannesbur (CoJ)'s existing modes of transport are not sustainable as the vehicles rely on fossil fuel and the natural gas other than renewable energy such as biofuels and biogas. Several African countries are already producing and commercializing biofuels; however, South Africa even though it has a biofuel strategy drafted in 2007; due to food security and political inaction, biofuel is not commercialised. There are 200 small scale producers of biodiesel, which is from used vegetable oils in South Africa. Renewable energies in South Africa has many opportunity and challenges. As South Africa, besides having to consider sustainable transport through the utilization of renewable energy source, it also needs these sources for generating electricity. Hence this study only chose to review the current state of two renewable energies, namely biogas and biofuels. The biofuels are because currently there are small scale biodiesel manufacturers who do not have the stable market for their final products and biogas is one of the selection due to the number of landfills which already exist in South Africa and other waste generation daily converting it into biogas.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science 2019, WCECS 2019
EditorsS. I. Ao, Craig Douglas, H. K. Kim
PublisherNewswood Limited
Pages491-498
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9789881404879
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Event2019 World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science, WCECS 2019 - San Francisco, United States
Duration: 22 Oct 201924 Oct 2019

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science
Volume2019-October
ISSN (Print)2078-0958

Conference

Conference2019 World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science, WCECS 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period22/10/1924/10/19

Keywords

  • Biofuels
  • Biogas
  • City of Johannesburg
  • Renewable Energy
  • Sustainable Transport

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science (miscellaneous)

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